Impact of pollutionon the feeding, bioturbation and biomass of Uca annulipes in Gazi and Mikindani mangroves, Kenya.Ocean Life 1: 61-68. Marine pollution is one of the main anthropogenic factors globally ...

The management of forest ecosystems globally is shifting from a top-down-approach, through centralised management by the state, to a more inclusive bottom-up approach involving community participation. Increasingly, there ...

The aim of this study was to assess the utilization and socio–economic benefits of Osyris lanceolata (The East African Sandalwood) in Kitui County, Kenya. Data was collected using questionnaires and analysed using SPSS ...

The study to determine the impacts of land use/land cover change and rainfall
variability on river discharge was undertaken in the Thika river basin in Central
Kenya highlands. The study used data on rainfall, river ...

Land use change, especially conversion of native forests can have large impacts on water resources. Large scale conversion of native forests to agricultural land has occurred in the last few decades in the Mau Forest region. ...

In order to identify the sources of organic matter which drive meiofaunal recolonisation of reforested Rhizophora mucronata mangroves in Gazi Bay, replicate azoic and organic free sediments from a natural R. mucronata ...

Lake Victoria is famous for its in evolutionary terms young but species-rich assemblage of cichlid fishes. This superflock also includes additional
species from adjacent water systems. Lake Victoria is surrounded by several ...

Lake Victoria holds a young but species-rich assemblage of cichlid fishes, which form a monophyletic assemblage with additional species from
surrounding water bodies, termed the Lake Victoria superflock. Lake Victoria is ...

The largely endemic cichlid species flocks of the East African Great Lakes are among the prime examples for explosive speciation and adaptive radiation. Speciation rates differ among cichlid lineages, and the propensity ...

The North-West Upper Tana River (NWUT) Basin is one of Kenya’s most important basins as it provides water for
urban-rural water supplies, hydro-electric power (HEP) generation and irrigation. This study therefore ...

With capture fisheries output being threatened by overfishing and dwindling stocks, a long term
vision for the supply of fish to the worlds growing population is aquaculture. However, the issue of fish feeds
remains one ...

Identifying and characterizing ecosystem services (ES) has been shown to have an important role in sustainable natural resource management. However, understanding communities’ perspectives is critical in determining ...

This study was undertaken in Kitui South in Kitui County in the south eastern parts of Kenya. The main objective
of the study was to develop a spatial model that can be used for selection of suitable sites for sand dam ...

This study was designed to investigate the effect of replacement of Caridina nilotica with Arthrospira
platensis at four different levels: 10%, 20%, 50% and 100%, as T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively on water
quality ...

In order to map suitable areas for weather modification in East Africa Community (EAC), investigations were performed to determine spatio-temporal variability and relationship of aerosol, clouds and precipitation during ...

Nuu/Mutaitho springs in the arid and semi-arid Kitui County in Eastern Kenya are important sources of water for communities and livestock. In the recent past, there has been significant reduction in the discharges of springs ...